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  • Google Place ID
    • Method 1
    • Method 2
  • Google Places API key

You must have a Google Place ID and a Google Places API key in order to use this plugin properly. Do not confuse these two keys; they are different from one another.

Google Place ID #

First, you’ll need Google Places ID. This key is the identification of your business on Google Business Profile. It should look like something like this ‘ChIJrWMntBENCDsRaVhpSUMVOCI’

Method 1 #
  1. Navigate to https://developers.google.com/places/place-id
  2.  Search for your company name

Sometimes this method doesn’t work and fails to show your business. In that case, use method 2 to view the place ID within the Google Map code

Method 2 #

1. Navigate to www.google.com

2. Search for your business on Google

3. Right-click “Write a review”

4. In firefox choose “Inspect Element“ and in Chrome, choose “Inspect“

5. Locate “data-pid” as indicated below. (This portion is a little tricky, but simply search for data-pid= inside the <a> tag

6. Copy the characters within the quotes (as shown above). You now have your google Places ID. Paste this somewhere you can easily find it.

Google Places API key #

1. Navigate to console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard and Go to your Google Console dashboard

2. Select your existing project or create new

3. Wait for the project to create and then click ‘ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES‘:

4. Type ‘Places API‘ in the search area, select the first result ‘Places API‘ and click ‘ENABLE‘ button:

5. Click “Credentials” on the sidebar and Click “CREATE CREDENTIALS”

6. Click ‘API Key’ to create a new API Key

7. Copy & paste the API key to the plugin’s settings

You may need to enable Google Billing if you’re creating a new account. It’s mandatory to use the API key. Don’t worry it won’t cost you anything, Google is currently giving $200 free credit a month and it should be enough to use the plugin for connecting several Google places without additional fees except this free $200 credits. Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/project/_/billing/enable, select your recent created project and click ‘CREATE BILLING ACCOUNT‘

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Updated on August 22, 2022

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  • Google Place ID
    • Method 1
    • Method 2
  • Google Places API key

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